Certyneo
A European electronic signature platform (eIDAS-compliant) for sending, signing and archiving documents with EU data residency and a REST API.
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Description
Signing documents online usually means picking between a US tool that may store your data outside the EU, or wondering if a signature will actually hold up legally in Europe. Certyneo is built specifically to solve that second problem: it's an e-signature service that keeps your data on EU soil and offers signature levels that meet the EU's own legal standard (eIDAS), including a 10-year legal archive.
Certyneo is a European electronic-signature platform offering Simple, Advanced and Qualified signature levels under eIDAS, with EU data residency, GDPR compliance and 10-year legal archival built into every plan. It ships a REST API with an OpenAPI 3.0 spec, webhooks, and integrations with Slack, Salesforce and HubSpot, plus an AI contract generator and bulk-sending for higher volume.
💬 Our review
The short version: if you need legally-solid e-signatures with EU data residency, Certyneo's free tier (5 envelopes/month, no card required) is a genuinely useful way to try it, and the paid tiers stay affordable up through the Business plan — the main sting is Qualified signatures costing €9.90 each on top of your subscription.
Against DocuSign or Adobe Sign, Certyneo's edge is squarely about European compliance and data sovereignty: GDPR-native, EU-hosted, eIDAS Qualified signatures available across the whole EU, not just a subset of regions. Yousign is the closer comparison (also EU-focused), and the two mostly compete on price and API polish rather than fundamentally different capability. Certyneo's REST API and webhook support suggest it's built to be embedded into other products, not just used as a standalone signing app. Best fit: EU businesses that need GDPR/eIDAS-compliant signing without US data-residency questions. Weaker fit: US-only companies with no EU compliance requirement — DocuSign's broader ecosystem will likely serve them better.
💰 Pricing
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🤖 AI-enriched data
Gratuit : 5 enveloppes/mois (puis 2/mois après 14 jours), 1 utilisateur. Personnel 9€/mois (25 enveloppes). Standard 19€/mois (100 enveloppes, 10 utilisateurs). Business 39€/mois (300 enveloppes). Business Pro 99€/mois (1000 enveloppes, utilisateurs illimités). Enterprise à partir de 299€/mois. Signature qualifiée : 9,90€/signature.
Pros
Hébergement 100% UE et conformité RGPD
Signatures eIDAS jusqu'au niveau Qualifié, valables dans toute l'UE
Archivage légal 10 ans inclus à tous les paliers
API REST + webhooks pour intégration
Palier gratuit sans carte bancaire
Cons
Focus européen, faible présence hors UE
Signature qualifiée facturée à l'unité (9,90€)
Pas de composant open source